World Junior Champs Valmalenco

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We arrived to Valmaleco on monday evening and spent tuesday at our apartment, relaxing after a long drive. First official training was on wednesday, it went great for me, landings were pretty soft, i really liked the second kicker, i landed my planned run and after that, i was really hyped to try a new trick, but when i came back to the start, one FIS delegate said that training is over for today, see you tomorrow. I thought, alright i'll do it tomorrow, but the next day it was different, landings were harder and i really didn't wanted to try a new trick on this hard landing.

First rail and flat-down box

First kicker

Second kicker

Oh well, the curve

Second rail

Third rail

On planned competition day, friday, wind blew to hard and the delegates postponed competition to Saturday. Later in the afternoon i went with my coach to team leaders meeting and after this we moved to the wine bar with other coaches and delegates.  because of the competition next day I drank only one glass of wine and one glass of superbier, but i ate a lot different types of salami, cheese and bread baked at home. Others drank a bit more than me and i was witness to some interesting talks between coaches and delegates. However, i realized, that the life of the delegates isn't easy at all. I came to our apartment at 11PM and went to sleep, but i had so many things to think about and i couldn't fall asleep till 3AM. 

Super bier

We woke up at 6AM, packed our stuff and went to the mountain. Due to strong wind, landings became even harder and i had even more troubles with the curve right after the second kicker. I was in second heat, somewhere at the end and it was even harder to stay focused. In my first run i screwed right side 540 for the first time in my life and i fell, than came my second run, i took a bit too much speed for the second kicker and landed sw1080 deep and than, when i started braking i fell, wtf why?? Unfortunately i screwed at the most important competition of the season, but i had a great season and one competition won't change this. 

Right 5 japan